CHEERS . . . to the Rocky River Public Library for sponsoring "Fines for Food" for the fifth year in a row. Instead of paying fines, patrons with overdue library items can bring non-perishable food as payment. Each donation earns a credit from $1 up to $20. The library gets its material back and someone gets a good meal. Great idea.

JEERS . . . to Richmond Heights Mayor Miesha Headen for using inappropriate language during a public meeting last week. Headen apologized, saying her outburst came from “a place of passion." That kind of passion is not what her politically divided city needs.

CHEERS . . . to the creative third- and fourth-graders at Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village and their principal and teachers who gamely helped the students raise money to help needy kids celebrate their birthdays. Waverly school officials allowed the pupils to pay a small fee to tape them to the wall as part of a student-led charity fundraiser on behalf of their low-income peers. Everyone’s stick-to-it-ness is well appreciated.

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JEERS . . . to Michael Butts of Brooklyn who was sentenced to three years in prison recently for being part of a conspiracy to steal copper from two dozen electrical substations. That's a dangerous enterprise that can lead to blackouts or the electrocutions of workers who check the service stations. We hope other copper thieves see the light.

CHEERS . . . to the anti-electronic-cigarette bill that passed its last hurdle Wednesday and is now heading to Gov. John Kasich’s desk. The bill outlaws electronic cigarettes for youngsters under 18. Since both regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes deliver nicotine, the bill should have taxed them at the same rate of $1.25 a pack, which helps deter youth from buying them, instead of keeping taxes on e-cigarettes lower. Still, keeping teens from becoming the next generation of sickened smokers is critical.

JEERS . . . to romance scams that break hearts and pocketbooks -- and not just on Valentine's Day. The Internet is rife with come-ons from lonely fictitious soldiers, millionaires and immigrants generated by con artists with computers and no scruples about wringing thousands of dollars from their love-struck victims. Watch out and have a Happy Valentine's Day.

CHEERS . . . to sunshine. After a long disappearance, it reappeared this week, heartening us all.

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